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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS

June 29, 2003Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2003, 2:36 AM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2003, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2003, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2003-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2883 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2003-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2883 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KICT 290735
FFWICT
KSC169-291130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
236 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 234 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS   
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE ORDER OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SALINE COUNTY
UNTIL 630 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3902 9735 3864 9735 3864 9784 3902 9784

$$

/OMITT

NNNN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KICT 290947
FFSICT
KSC169-291130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
445 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SALINE COUNTY UNTIL 630 AM
CDT...

AT 440 AM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING PROBLEMS STILL 
OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF SALINA. SEVERAL CARS HAVE STALLED OUT DUE TO 
THE HIGH WATER IN SOME AREAS OF THE CITY. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER.


STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

$$

/JAKUB

NNNN
000 
WGUS73 KICT 291102
FFSICT
KSC169-291130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
602 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SALINE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT WATER LEVELS HAD RECEDED IN THE
SALINA AREA AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING 
MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. 
THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING CANCELLED.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

$$

/DARMOFAL

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell63 min
Jun 29, 1:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTEllsworth, Russell4 hr
Jun 29, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey60 min
Jun 29, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion43 min
Jun 29, 3:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick47 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.